Petrarch and St. Augustine: Classical Scholarship, Christian Theology and the Origins of the Renaissance in Italy

Review "Lee's work is thoughtful, and his distinction between the works of Augustine followed by Petrarch and those followed by Salutati and Valla is insightful. [...] This book is a valuable contribution to our understanding of Petrarch and his place in Renaissance humanism."Bruce McNair, Campbell University. In: The Neo-Latin News, Vol. 61, Nos. 1-2 (2013), pp. 44-47. Product Description Challenging the familiar view of Francesco Petrarca as the 'father of humanism', this book offers a comprehensive re-interpretation of Petrarch's debt to the theology of St. Augustine, and advances a provocative new reading of the development of humanism in Italy. About the Author Alexander Lee, Ph.D. (2009) in History, University of Edinburgh, is a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Luxembourg and the University of Warwick. His research concentrates on the intellectual history of the early Renaissance in Italy.